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Device, method, program, and recording medium for error factor measurement, and output measurement device and input measurement device provided with the device for error factor measurement

a technology of error factor and measurement method, which is applied in the direction of instruments, nuclear elements, nuclear engineering, etc., can solve the problems of large amount of effort required for measuring the error factor of the cable, errors erb>1/b> and erb>2/b>,

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-07-20
ADVANTEST CORP
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This approach allows for accurate measurement and correction of error factors in signal systems, reducing the effort required to characterize connection tools and improving measurement precision by deriving error components based on measured characteristics and reflection ratios.

Problems solved by technology

However, if the cable connecting the signal source and the power meter with each other does not have ideal characteristics, the errors Er1 and Er2 are measured with errors.
However, the measurement of the error factors of the cable requires a large amount of efforts.

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[0066]FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a signal system according to a first embodiment. The signal system includes a first signal generation unit 1, a second signal generation unit 2, and a cable (connection tool) 30. It should be noted that the first signal generation unit 1 and the second signal generation unit 2 are connected to an error factor measurement device 40.

[0067]The first signal generation unit 1 includes a first signal source 10 which generates a first signal, and a first output terminal 19 which outputs the first signal. The first signal source 10 includes a first oscillator 12, a switch 13, bridges 14a and 14b, mixers 16a and 16b, a local signal source 17, and A / D converters 18a and 18b.

[0068]The first oscillator 12 generates the first signal (such as a high frequency signal).

[0069]The switch 13 is a switch used to connect the bridge 14a to the first oscillator 12 or a terminating resistor.

[0070]The bridge 14a, upon being connected to the first oscillator 12 by the s...

second embodiment

[0138]A second embodiment is an example of measurement method for a case where multiple second signal generation units 2 according to the first embodiment are present.

[0139]FIG. 5 describes an example of a measurement method for a case where four of the second signal generation units 2 are present.

[0140]With reference to FIG. 5(a), a second output terminal 29a of a second signal generation unit 2a is connected to the first output terminal 19 of the first signal generation unit 10 via a switch (connection tool) 32 (referred to as “connection step”). The error factors of the second signal generation unit 2a are then measured by the error factor measurement device 40 (not shown in FIG. 5) (referred to as “measurement step”). The measurement method is the same as that of the first embodiment, and a description thereof, therefore, is omitted.

[0141]With reference to FIG. 5(b), the connection step and the measurement step are carried out for another second signal generation unit 2b. With r...

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[0143]A third embodiment is another example of measurement method for a case where multiple second signal generation units 20 according to the first embodiment are present.

[0144]FIG. 6 describes another example of the measurement method for the case where four of the second signal generation units 20 are present.

[0145]With reference to FIG. 6(a), a second output terminal 29a of a second signal generation unit 2a is connected to the first output terminal 19 of the first signal generation unit 10 via a cable (connection tool) 30 (referred to as “first connection step”). The error factors of the second signal generation unit 2a are then measured by the error factor measurement device 40 (not shown in FIG. 6) (referred to as “first measurement step”).

[0146]With reference to FIG. 6(b), the second signal generation unit 2a, for which the error factors have been measured, is considered as a first signal generation unit, and is connected to another second signal generation unit 2b via the c...

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Abstract

Measurement of error factors of a signal source when a connection tool is connected to a signal source whether error factors of the connection tool are known or not is enabled. There is provided an error factor measurement device including a connection tool characteristic measurement unit which measures characteristics of a connection tool based on measurement results of first and second signals, a reflection-to-output ratio measurement unit which measures the ratio relating to a measurement result of a reflection in a second (first) signal generation unit and a measurement result before the first (second) signal is reflected by a first (second) output terminal, an error factor recording unit which records respective components Ei1 and Eo1 of an error factor caused by frequency tracking of a first signal generation unit, and a product of respective components Ei2·Eo2 of an error factor caused by frequency tracking of a second signal generation unit, and error factor deriving unit which derive respective components of the error factor caused by the frequency tracking of the second signal generation unit based on the measurement result of the characteristics of the connection tool, the measurement result of the reflection-to-output ratio measurement unit, and the recorded contents of the error factor recording unit.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to calibration of a signal source which generates a signal.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Conventionally, measuring circuit parameters (such as the S parameters) of a device under test (DUT) (refer to a patent document 1 (Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication (Kokai) No. H11(1999)-38054, for example) has been performed.[0003]Specifically, a signal is transmitted from a signal source to a receiving unit via the DUT. The signal is received by the receiving unit. It is possible to acquire the S parameters and frequency characteristics of the DUT by measuring the signal received by the receiving unit.[0004]On this occasion, measuring system errors are generated in the measurement due to mismatching between a measuring system such as the signal source and the DUT, and the like. These measuring system errors include Ed: error caused by a directionality of a bridge, Er: error caused by frequency tracking, and Es: error caused by source matching, for ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G01D18/00G01R35/00
CPCG01R23/16G01R35/00
Inventor NAKAYAMA, YOSHIKAZU
Owner ADVANTEST CORP